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Laboratory and field studies on the effect of geoenvironmental factors on the removal of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate during riverbank filtration

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The removal of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) from river water was investigated using laboratory batch and column adsorption experiments to simulate and characterize critical geoenvironmental factors during riverbank filtration (RBF), including fine content, grain size (d50) of aquifer soil, soil bed depth, and detention time. The study examined nine distinct types of aquifer soil. Pseudo-1st-order, pseudo-2nd-order, and intra-particle diffusion kinetic equations were used to examine the kinetic data. The adsorption kinetics were found to be consistent with all kinetic models (R2 > 0.9). For each of the nine adsorbents, a column study was conducted and the logit method was used to calculate the different associated parameters. The assessment of efficacy under varying experimental conditions of empty bed contact time (EBCT) and bed depth, revealed that, an increase in EBCT and bed depth resulted in increased exhaustion time. From both batch and column kinetic study, it can be observed that rate of adsorption is higher for soil having highest fine content as well as for soil having smaller particle sizes. According to field data collected at three river bank filtration sites, the removal of LAS ranged between 44 and 88%, depending on the geoenvironmental factors’ aquifer conditions and the season of study. The study established the critical role of geoenvironmental factors in LAS adsorption, which will aid in the identification of suitable aquifer site conditions for the new RBF system.

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Sahu, R.L., Dash, R.R. & Pradhan, P.K. Laboratory and field studies on the effect of geoenvironmental factors on the removal of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate during riverbank filtration. Arab J Geosci 16, 19 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-11098-y

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